Chapter 187: 187 Resistance (first update)
Chapter 187 187 Resistance (first update)
The anger in the emperor's heart suddenly rushed to Tianling Gai, burning to the point of losing all reason, and there seemed to be a fire dragon roaring in his body.
The emperor was angry and swept half of the things on the desk to the ground with a sweep of his arms. Bang, clang, bang, bang, the sound of falling to the ground came one after another.
Deputy Commander Kong still had his head bent, and a large piece of his shirt behind his back was wet.
"This Gu Jue disobeys the imperial edicts, ignores the edicts, is unfaithful and unjust, and acts wantonly. If I don't teach him a lesson, he really thinks that I am afraid of him!"
"Come here, pass on my instructions and send people from the fifth military camp to the capital. I don't believe that this Prince Chen's Mansion can't be smashed."
The emperor was so angry that he was blinded by his anger and roared regardless, which silenced Eunuch Ni and Deputy Commander Kong.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
The gentle voice of the chamberlain came from outside, and a small chamberlain of medium height was seen leading the prince Gu Nanjin in.
Gu Nanjin's eyes were extremely complicated. After hearing this, he felt physically and mentally exhausted, and the hands hidden in his sleeves clenched tightly into fists.
Gu Nanjin had just returned from the post house. Because Wuhejialou was preparing to return to Nanhao, he went to try to persuade him to stay and once again proposed to **** him back to Nanhao. However, Wuhejialou was impeccable in his words and could not speak in just a few words. Pushed him back.
He wanted to deal with the other party again, but he heard the news that Jin Yiwei was going to Prince Chen's Mansion, so he had to say goodbye to Wuhe Jialou in a hurry and hurried back to the palace.
At this moment, Gu Nanjin didn't know whether he was glad that he came back in time, or he was helpless that his father insisted on making things difficult for the Nine Emperors Uncle.
No matter what, Gu Nanjin couldn't just sit back and let the situation get worse.
He walked forward in three steps, saluted the emperor, and persuaded him in a good voice: "Father, Uncle Nine Emperors has no fault. If you casually order the destruction of Prince Chen's Mansion, This matter will be difficult to deal with.”
Is it possible that the father is going to fall out with King Chen now? ! Gu Nanjin sighed deeply.
Seeing the prince arriving, Deputy Commander Kong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Gu Nanjin continued to persuade: "Father, in the final analysis, Prince Chen's Mansion did nothing wrong in today's matter. It was the Jin Yiwei who disrespected Aunt Nine Emperors first."
Gu Nanjin gave Deputy Commander Kong a cold side glance.
What Jin Yiwei did today was so ridiculous that even Princess Tangtang Chen dared to tease her!
According to him, the father should have asked the mother to reward the Nine Emperor Aunts as a token of appeasement. How could he add fuel to the fire and instead let Jin Yiwei lead people to search Prince Chen's Mansion for provocation?
Although Uncle Nine Emperors is now in the capital, he is not a toothless tiger. He is still the king of the Northern Army, with hundreds of thousands of Northern Army soldiers behind him. Touching the Nine Emperors Uncle at will will inevitably lead to a backlash from the clan and the military commanders in the court. It can be said that as long as the Nine Emperors Uncle does not rebel, the father can do nothing to him.
Even if my father really sends people from the Fifth Army Camp to Prince Chen's Mansion today, the outcome will definitely not be good. Instead, he, the Emperor of Qi, will become a joke.
"..." Deputy Commander Kong suddenly felt relieved, his body stiffened, and he cursed that **** Mr. Ding Qi half to death in his heart.
Sweat dripped from his forehead and along his ears, but he did not dare to wipe the sweat away, nor did he dare to refute the prince. He could only maintain his posture of bowing and clasping his fists, motionless.
Gu Nanjin had no time to pay attention to Deputy Commander Kong, racking his brains to persuade the emperor to calm things down, to be tolerant...
The emperor behind the case looked at Gu Nanjin, who was speaking righteously, with sinister eyes, and his face became increasingly ugly.
Emperor Cai just said that he was ordering people from the Fifth Military Camp to come to Beijing. In fact, it was just an impulse. When he said it, he was already regretting it, but he still couldn't save his face. He was having a headache about how to get down this step. In the end, the prince gave him such advice. I heard it. The emperor felt that it was getting more and more harsh, his anger was rising slowly, and the veins on his forehead were beating wildly.
Gu Jue was so arrogant and did not take him as the emperor seriously at all. However, instead of helping him to defeat Gu Jue, the prince repeatedly helped Gu Jue speak up and even scolded him in turn. Here comes his father!
There were so many generals in the court looking at Gu Jue, and even the prince and he were not of the same mind!
When the prince mentioned "the capacity of a person", the emperor's anger burst out in an instant, and he called the prince by his first name: "Gu Nanjin!"
At this moment, the emperor thought of the late emperor. When the late emperor was still alive, he always praised Gu Jue in front of him, telling him that as the eldest brother, he should be tolerant of others, and so on, as if he was too petty.
The past overlaps with the present moment.
The emperor's facial features were slightly distorted with anger, and his whole body was shaking violently. It seemed like something was about to burst out under his thin skin.
"Crack!"
The emperor stood up angrily and slapped his palm heavily on the imperial desk.
His face was flushed, even his eyes were blood red, and he angrily asked Gu Nanjin: "Have you been sitting in the crown prince position for too long and want to change positions?!"
The implication is that the prince is not qualified to teach him, the emperor, how to do things!
Gu Nanjin: "!!"
The emperor's words were simply heartbreaking.
Gu Nanjin knelt down with a plop and said hurriedly: "I don't dare!"
Deputy Commander Kong was also shocked, his heart was beating wildly, and he just wished he could disappear on the spot. Hey, when the emperor reconciles with the prince later, will he think that he has seen too much and knows too much? !
"Don't you dare?" The emperor twitched the corner of his mouth mockingly, feeling that Gu Nanjin was just trying to excuse himself.
His anger was not subsided, and his heart was like a turbulent wave, and he continued to curse: "You are a son, and I am a father; you are a minister, and I am a king. Do you know what the order of heaven and earth is? There is no king or father!"
"Gu Jue is shapeless, arrogant and domineering. I must teach him a lesson today. Someone came and told me my will and destroyed Prince Chen's Mansion. I must let Gu Jue know who the Emperor of Qi is today!"
The emperor first scolded the prince, and then scolded Gu Jue, feeling that he must vent his anger today.
Gu Nanjin: "..."
Gu Nanjin hesitated to speak, his brows were furrowed, and his expression could not hide the worry, but he also knew that his father was angry and could not listen to his advice... his father's temper had become increasingly irritable recently. !
The things in the imperial study room alone have been dropped at least four or five times in the past month.
Gu Nanjin always felt that something was wrong with the emperor, and he once asked the imperial physician to ask the emperor to ask for Ping'an pulse. However, seeing that the emperor felt that he was very powerful, he refused without saying a word.
Gu Nanjin was in trouble. At this moment, another young chamberlain came in with an anxious look. Seeing the prince kneeling, he couldn't help but be startled, but he still walked to the imperial desk, bowed to the emperor, and said with a trembling voice. : "Your Majesty, there is something strange happening in Xuanjia Camp..."
There was a moment of silence in the imperial study room.
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The emperor's face turned pale, and he stumbled, almost losing his balance. His body hit the imperial chair at the back, making a clanking sound that was particularly harsh in the quiet imperial study room at this moment.
Gu Nanjin's face was also not pretty. On the one hand, he was shocked, but on the other hand, he had a feeling that it was indeed the case.
His Uncle Nine Emperors was not two years older than him. They had studied together in the study room before. Gu Nanjin also had some understanding of Gu Jue's temperament.
Gu Jue has never been a person who knocks out his teeth and swallows blood. He never was before and will never be now.
After years of experience on the battlefield, even if his character has become more restrained, his essence has not changed, so when he returned to Beijing, he dared to abandon his father who was determined to give him power and leave.
This spring, when Gu Jue returned to the capital to resume his duties, he brought back a total of 30,000 Xuanjia troops and stationed them in the western suburbs of the capital as the Xuanjia Camp.
These 30,000 Xuanjia troops seem to be dwarfed by the hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops stationed in Beijing in the Fifth Army Camp. However, these 30,000 soldiers are the best of the best. They have actually been on the battlefield and killed the enemy with their own hands. Between the two armies, People who have overcome obstacles and come out of the **** battlefield in the battle. Although the father has the Fifth Army Camp in his hands, compared with the Xuanjia Army, these Forbidden Army soldiers are no different than the difference between children and adults. Moreover, half of the high-ranking generals in the Fifth Army Camp have been to the North. Uncle Nine Emperor's men have fought in wars and served as errands, such as Ming Xiyang and others.
Now that Xuanjia Camp is moving, there is no guarantee that the Fifth Army Camp will not mutiny because of this.
Then, this matter is really big.
Gu Nanjin's heart almost rose to his throat, and his thoughts were spinning rapidly.
Moreover, no matter where this matter is mentioned, others will think that it was the father who had done something first, that it was the Jin Yiwei who provoked the Nine Emperors Uncle first, and the Nine Emperors Uncle was just trying to protect himself.
It has only been less than five months since Uncle Nine Emperors returned to the capital, but his father has already made wrong moves one step after another. In the eyes of those military generals, it is his father's repeated suppression of Uncle Nine Emperors. Those generals have already Somewhat dissatisfied.
As the saying goes, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold.
The Nine Emperors Uncle had made such unparalleled military exploits for Da Qi, yet was suppressed by the emperor in this way, not to mention other people. How could these generals continue to fight for Da Qi on the battlefield? Wouldn't this chill the hearts of the generals? !
Gu Nanjin raised his eyes to look at the emperor's face. Seeing that the emperor's face was as dark as water, he sighed inwardly and asked the young chamberlain first: "How is the situation now?"
The little chamberlain was at a loss and didn't know what to do. Hearing this, he quickly replied: "Captain Yun went to Xuanjia Camp from Prince Chen's Mansion half an hour ago. As soon as he arrived at the camp, he ordered the Xuanjia Army to assemble their troops. , 30,000 people gathered in the martial arts field, the posture did not look like military training, more like...like..."
The little chamberlain couldn't go on, but everyone present knew that the two words he didn't say after that were -
Forced into the palace.
The atmosphere in the Imperial Study Room became stiffer and more condensed.
The emperor's breath was disordered. He was holding the imperial case with one hand and breathing heavily. At this moment, his breathing was so heavy and rapid.
"Gu, Jue." The emperor said Gu Jue's name through gritted teeth, wishing to cut Gu Jue into pieces with a thousand knives, and cursed, "Is he going to rebel?!"
Deputy Commander Kong still had his head hanging down, and his middle coat was soaked all over, as if he had been fished out of the water.
If King Chen really rebels, then the Jin Yiwei are the reason for this. They will definitely be angered by the emperor and reviled by the courtiers. Otherwise, they will be abandoned.
Gu Nanjin's head was also as heavy as a bucket, and he sighed in his heart: It's now this time, and his father doesn't even understand the importance of this matter.
Gu Nanjin took a deep breath, calmed down a little, and suggested: "Father, let's recruit Commander Lu and them back..."
After a pause, he continued: "Please allow me to go see the Nine Emperors Uncle."
Gu Nanjin knew the emperor's good face very well. The emperor would definitely not be able to lose face, so Gu Nanjin could only apologize to Gu Jue by himself.
The emperor's brows furrowed even more tightly, he sat down again and said firmly, "I want to see if Gu Jue really dares to rebel!"
The emperor is just a strong man on the outside, but he looks tough on the inside, but he is panicking in his heart.
Although he did not admit some things with his mouth, he didn't know in his heart that Gu Jue joined the army at the age of fifteen and had controlled the military for many years. He had accumulated great power in the army and most of the generals in the court were facing him.
At first, Gu Jue refused to hand over his military power when he returned to Beijing, and many civilian officials despised him. However, almost no one among the generals spoke up, and they obviously supported Gu Jue in retaining the military power of the Northern Army.
"Father..."
Gu Nanjin wanted to persuade again, but the more he persuaded, the more the emperor felt suffocated.
This breath has been holding in his heart for too long...
The emperor's breath became more urgent, and memories of the past and present flashed intertwined in his memory.
Gu Jue has been smart since he was a child and has a photographic memory. This became even more obvious after he was ten years old. The late emperor praised him, the Taifu praised him, and the courtiers were full of praise when they talked about the Ninth Prince. On the contrary, it was him The prince became mature and prudent, as if he had nothing to stand out about except being a few years older than Gu Jue.
Later, the fifteen-year-old Gu Jue went to the Northland. He thought he could get rid of this imperial brother who was better than him in everything. However, in just two years, good news came that Gu Jue had made great contributions to the Northland Army. In the capital, after that, Gu Jue repeatedly performed extraordinary feats and won many battles, defeating the Chidi people.
The name of Chen Wang Gu Jue is famous all over the world.
More than once, he heard people say with regret: "What a pity!"
"If King Chen had been born a few years earlier..."
Even if they stopped talking, the emperor could still guess what they were about to say.
They all felt that Gu Jue was more suitable to be the crown prince and the future emperor of Da Qi than him.
The emperor was naturally dissatisfied. Gu Jue can read and fight, but that doesn't mean he can govern the country! If a person like him who is ignorant of etiquette and arrogant really ascends to the throne, he will be nothing more than an unscrupulous tyrant.
How could he compare to me!
The emperor's eyes were blazing with fire, and he slowly ordered Ni Gonggong in a tone that was almost an oath: "Let the fifth military camp break down the gate of Prince Chen's Mansion. I must raid Prince Chen's Mansion today."
Gu Nanjin: "..."
Gu Nanjin, who was kneeling on the ground, looked up at the emperor and moved his lips slightly, but the emperor took a step ahead and said, "Prince, if you continue to help Gu Jue, just become his son."
The emperor's voice was so cold that ice shards almost fell out of it.
Gu Nanjin could no longer speak, and his heart felt heavy, as if a huge boulder was weighing on him.
Eunuch Ni quickly served the emperor's pen and ink, and the emperor personally drafted the edict and stamped it with a bright red royal seal. Eunuch Ni then hurried to the Fifth Army Camp in Xishan with the imperial edict that had just come out and was still hot.
Gu Nanjin was still kneeling on the ground. The emperor didn't let him get up, so he could only continue to kneel on the gold brick floor. He knelt until his knees were numb and he didn't dare to get up.
Deputy Commander Kong also didn't leave. He actually didn't know how to deal with himself more than the prince. After all, the prince was still kneeling!
Deputy Commander Kong felt as if he was being roasted on the fire.
Time passes quietly. At this moment, time seems to have been slowed down several times, and it passes especially slowly.
From time to time, Deputy Commander Kong quietly looked at the pot leak next to him. The monotonous chirping of cicadas outside became more and more shrill and harsh.
It wasn't until more than half an hour later that Eunuch Ni finally came back.
The weather in August was hot, and even though he was riding a carriage this time, he was still sweating profusely.
Eunuch Ni's face was extremely ugly, and he still held the imperial edict in his hand. Even though he didn't say anything, the emperor, Gu Nanjin and Deputy Commander Kong in the imperial study also guessed the outcome of his trip to Xishan Camp.
Under the emperor's angry gaze, Eunuch Ni stepped forward and bowed, "Your Majesty, the commander of the fifth military camp refuses to accept the order."
The five military camps are divided into five battalions: the Central Army, the Left Ye Army, the Right Ye Army, the Left Sentinel Army, and the Right Sentinel Army. Each battalion has an admiral in charge of each battalion.
To be honest, Eunuch Ni's worst thought was that maybe two or three of the five admirals would not respond to the emperor's imperial edict, but he did not expect that this imperial edict to destroy Prince Chen's palace would be reduced to the point where no one dared to accept it. .
Recalling the scenes at the Xishan camp just now, Eunuch Ni was sweating coldly.
There were some things those generals said, but he did not dare to repeat them to the emperor. Most people felt that the emperor was being unreasonable by asking the Chen Palace to be destroyed. Some people said that it was only natural for the Chen Palace to teach the imperial guards a lesson for the princess; some said The emperor was too partial to Jin Yiwei; some people said that the emperor was making excuses.
Today I am still favoring Wan Niangniang. The second update is at 12:30.
(End of chapter)